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Someone’s heading south out of Holland down the Hamilton branch at 9:54

Q327-09 @ 10:25 talking with the RN Dispatcher inside Grand Rapids Terminal doubling up his train & was mention of him having 195 cars. Sounds like he has the CSXT #725 as the leader which was on yesterday's D705-08 & the trailing engine would be the CSXT #5442.

Q326-09 @ 10:27 reported by the RN Dispatcher to be at Livingston mp CG99.3

Q326-09 @ 10:40 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 516 axles & 7,235 ft. CSXT engines #5102 + #7809(?) & 126 cars.

Y106 with CSX 4016, 4 boxcars, 7 tanks and 1 gondola east by CH 146 in GR at 11:03.

I hear 327 blowing for Ivanrest in Grandville.

D705 through South Lyon 11:40

Q326-09 @ 11:39:15 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSXT engines #5102 + #7809 & 126 cars. His work for Waverly/Holland has been cancelled.

Q326-09 @ 12:58 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 516 axles & 7,295 ft. CSXT engines #5102 + #7809 & 126 cars.

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:50 PM.

Tlout wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 09, 2021 1:54 pm

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:50 PM.

D801-09 @ 14:08 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines 36067 + #8773 & CSXT engines #3167 + #3440 & 130(?) empty coal cars. He will go into Wells Siding mp CG41.4 to set off the empty coal train & then take a cab to Grand Jct Siding mp CG54 get the loaded coal train from there & bring it back to Wells to add the CSXT engines as rear DPU's.

14:45, someone, with a very GEVO sounding horn, is hustling through Zeeland right now…

Q327-09 @ 14:47 westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 792 axles & 11,397 feet. CSXT engines #725 + #5442 & 195 cars. He has work for Waverly/ Holland. He is setting off 29 cars & his car pick up has been cancelled. Now, at 15:12, they are telling him to take those 29 cars back to his train & then depart Holland - all of his work has been cancelled for there.

327 thursday
255p - clear east waverly
all stop at holland - getting ready to set off at waverly, via holland
lakewood blvd and 120th ( waverly ave ) blocked by 327

308p - 327 with waverly set off all west of holland os, meanwhile left hand and right hand have yet to determine
if to set off at or just recouple and go to barr
319p - left hand won over the right hand - 327 restricting holland - back on their consist
334p - clear holland
344p - eot clears holland - rn asked 327 if they can make barr yd -
327 says there are a few ifs,
1 - have they the power to pull the hill out from the st joe bridge, or will they have to double the hill
2 - what will happen on the ns between porter and curtis

the waverly set off : 2 sc, 5 ch, 1 tk, 1 box, 3 tk, 2 ch, and 15 mt covered gons - 29 cars
will go to barr yard and come back to waverly on 326 as of this time,
they could have 327 set off the waverly set off at east saugatuck for 700 to bring to waverly,
but then 327 would die enroute to barr and with the crews in grand rapids cut to the bone,
that isn't a really good option

D705-09 @ 16:41 westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 384 axles. CSXT engines #103 + #5105 & 93 cars.

Q327-09 @ 16:54:06 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSXT engines #725 + #5442 & 195 cars. His work for Holland was cancelled.

D801-09 @ 17:19 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 532 axles & 7,132 feet long. BNSF engines #9239 + #5970 & 130 loaded coal cars. This was N800-04 that had tied down in Grand Jct siding mp CG54 on 9/05. He will hold the main at Wells mp CG41.4 & get the 2 CSXT engines out of Wells to add as rear DPU's.

17:34 ET: Q327 by Riverside

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:34 pm

17:34 ET: Q327 by Riverside

Q327-09 @ 18:18 westward reported by DD mp CG91.9 with 792 axles & 11,372 ft. CSXT engines #725 + #5442 & 195 cars.

I KNOW, I KNOW. Leave the friggen Holland cars at Wyoming! And this is what you get with no yardmaster in GRR to make a command decsion...as in FIGGER IT OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE....bizzare, just bizzare.

195 cars WTF?!

D801-09 @ 19:48 eastward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engines #9239 + #5970 & 130 loaded coal cars & CSXT engines #3167 + #3440.

What looks like NB D735 is idling just south of 12 Mile Rd in Novi. Couldn't get close enough to get engine numbers.

Amtrak P370-09 @ 21:03 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 305 ft. IDTX engine #4608 & 3 SuperLiners.

Amtrak P370-09 @ 21:48:54 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 (3 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5)